This is not a deep thought or anything, but I really do want to know what it is about Dontrelle Willis that makes teams keep signing him. The Orioles are the latest.

He’s had two really good seasons. One of them was nine years ago, the other seven. He had one more useful season for the Marlins after that. Since he left Florida following the 2007 season he’s 4-15 with a 6.15 ERA while walking 7.1 hitters per nine and allowing 9.3 hits per nine.

I know he’s a lefty and lefties are supposed to live forever, and by all accounts he’s a great guy to have around. But there has been nothing — literally nothing — positive to be seen in his pitching. No indication whatsoever that he can help a ball club.

Yet despite this he’s able to find a job a mere day after getting cut late in spring training. Not to sound all Heymany here, but how is that possible while Johnny Damon, for example, can’t get a job? Or Roy Oswalt? Or any number of dudes?

With Odorizzi, the Twins finally have the front-end starter they’ve been seeking all winter. It’s a bargain deal as well, as the 27-year-old righty is under contract through 2019 and didn’t require the club to part with any of their top-shelf prospects in the trade. Odorizzi will be looking to stage a comeback in 2018 after a dismal performance with the Rays last year, during which he eked out a career-worst 4.14 ERA, 3.8 BB/9 and 8.0 SO/9 through 143 1/3 innings.

Palacios, 21, ranked no. 27 in the Twins’ system last season. He split his year between Single-A Cedar Rapids and High-A Fort Myers, raking a combined .296/.333/.454 with 13 home runs and 20 stolen bases in 539 plate appearances. He’s expected to continue developing at shortstop, though he’s also seen limited time at second and third base during his four-year career in the minors.